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Puns
- noun - a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
- make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"
Punt
- noun - (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game"
- an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- kick the ball
- place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
- propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"
Puny
- adjective - Having a small physique or weakly constitution
Paltry; insignificant
- (used especially of persons) of inferior size
- inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"
Pup
- noun - an inexperienced young person
- birth; "the dog whelped"
- young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
Pupa
- noun - an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
Pups
- noun - an inexperienced young person
- birth; "the dog whelped"
- young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
Pur
- - To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased.
Pure
- adjective - (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
- (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"
- concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science"
- free from discordant qualities
- free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen"
- in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
- inviolate
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;